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  Greatest Mystery Shows Volume 8...

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  OASIS AUDIO CLASSIC RADIO SHOWCASE SERIES   Oasis Audio has gone into the vaults and dusted off the very earliest form of audio book, old time radio shows, for our listeners. Introduced episode by episode by Jim Engel, old time radio authority and board member of the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago, this series of classic radio shows is sure to have something for everyone. Celebrity casts and top-notch writers made the 1920s through the early 1950s, the golden era of radio. The series features seven exciting themes with 100 episodes in each. That is 700 classic radio programs in all.   Greatest Mystery Shows   Before TV’s The Twilight Zone, there was radio’s The Inner Sanctum Mystery, Lights Out!, The Weird Circle, and so many other great mysteries starring Orson Welles, Jane Wyman, Dana Andrews, Edmond O’Brien, James Cagney and more. 100 great Mystery classics in ten volumes. Volume 8 The Sealed Book 6-10-45 The Ghost Maker with Philip ClarkeThe Sealed Book 7-29-45 Beware of Tomorrow with Philip ClarkeSomebody Knows 8-3-50 The Unsolved Murder of Paula Kohler EubanksSomebody Knows 8-10-50 The Unsolved Murder of Samuel I. ParisSuspense 1-20-44 A World of Darkness with Paul LukasSuspense 8-5-48 An Honest Man with Charles LaughtonSuspense 9-9-48 Big Shot with Burt LancasterSuspense 9-16-48 Hitchhike Poker with Gregory PeckSuspense 10-14-48 A Little Piece of Rope with Lucille BallSuspense 11-4-48 Death Sentence with John Garfield

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  The Picture of Abjection - Film...

  Tina Chanter

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  “A timely and important project that changes our understanding of the role of abjection both in cultural politics and in the structure of film.” —Ewa Ziarek, State University of New York at Buffalo 
   
  Tina Chanter resolves a fundamental problem in film theory by negotiating a middle path between “gaze theory” approaches to film and spectator studies or cultural theory approaches that emphasize the position of the viewer and thereby take account of race, class, gender, and sexuality. Chanter argues that abjection is the unthought ground of fetishistic theories. If the feminine has been the privileged excluded other of psychoanalytic theory, fueled by the myth of castration and the logic of disavowal, when fetishism is taken up by race theory, or cultural theory, the multiple and fluid registers of abjection are obscured. By mobilizing a theory of abjection, the book shows how the appeal to phallic, fetishistic theories continues to reify the hegemonic categories of race, class, sexuality, and gender, as if they stood as self-evident categories. 
   
  “An intriguing read, especially for those who favor psychological models of criticism in film theory . . . Recommended.” —Choice

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  Crying in the Rain - The Perfect...

  Mark Ribowsky

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  The Everly Brothers—aka Don and Phil to fans with an intimate appreciation for them—seemed to exist almost as an apparition. Emerging within the formative era for young Baby Boomers during the blandly regimented '50s, they were a ubiquitous presence, clad in snug suits and skinny ties, hair neatly Brylcreemed, never raising their voices when they sang. The two prim-looking country boys with dark, curiously penetrating eyes and perfectly merged, honey-dipped harmonies, were oddly but comfortably settled as sentimental, soothing, sometimes lovelorn voices of a still-uncharted cultural turf.Magnificent as the duo was, they have until now never received a definitive biography. In Crying in the Rain: The Perfect Harmony and Imperfect Lives Of the Everly Brothers, the details, small and great, roll along on the mighty "Mississippi," in near novel-like fashion, revealing facts drawn from exhaustive research and first-hand interviews that trace the character and influences of these hardy but flawed men who grew from teenagers to old men before our eyes. Mark Ribowsky's authoritative book serves as a fitting companion to an unforgettable collection of songs—heard on countless albums, and covered literally thousands of times—whose recording was a long time gone but that will never be forgotten.

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  Art for Equality - The NAACP's...

  Jenny Woodley

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  A study of the NAACP’s activism in the cultural realm through creative projects from 1910 to the 1960s. 
   
  The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is the nation’s oldest civil rights organization, having dedicated itself to the fight for racial equality since 1909. While the group helped achieve substantial victories in the courtroom, the struggle for civil rights extended beyond gaining political support. It also required changing social attitudes. The NAACP thus worked to alter existing prejudices through the production of art that countered racist depictions of African Americans, focusing its efforts not only on changing the attitudes of the White middle class but also on encouraging racial pride and a sense of identity in the Black community. 
   
  Art for Equality explores an important and little-studied side of the NAACP’s activism in the cultural realm. In openly supporting African American artists, writers, and musicians in their creative endeavors, the organization aimed to change the way the public viewed the Black community. By overcoming stereotypes and the belief of the majority that African Americans were physically, intellectually, and morally inferior to Whites, the NAACP believed it could begin to defeat racism. 
   
  Illuminating important protests, from the fight against the 1915 film The Birth of a Nation to the production of anti-lynching art during the Harlem Renaissance, this insightful volume examines the successes and failures of the NAACP’s cultural campaign from 1910 to the 1960s. Exploring the roles of gender and class in shaping the association's patronage of the arts, Art for Equality offers an in-depth analysis of the social and cultural climate during a time of radical change in America. 
   
  Praise for Art for Equality 
   
  “A well-conceived and well-executed study that will add significantly to the historiography of the NAACP, the long civil rights movement, and African American history.” —John Kirk, George W. Donaghey Professor and Chair of the History Department at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock 
   
  “In this insightful book, Woodley writes with great verve and confidence. As a result, Art for Equality will attract readers in a variety of fields from African American history to art history to American political history.” —Matthew Pratt Guterl, Brown University 
   
  “A necessary contribution to African American social and cultural histories.” —Journal of Southern History

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  Narrated by the Author - How to...

  Renee Conoulty

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  Do you want to be part of the growing audiobook industry? Are you an indie author looking to expand your readership? Learn how to narrate and produce your own professional quality audiobook within a budget. 
  I won’t bore you with a list of my expert qualifications because I don’t have any. I’m not a tech wiz. I’m not an actor. I’m an average person, just like you, and if I can do it, then so can you. 
  In this step-by-step beginner’s guide, you'll discover: 
  ⬩ The pros and cons of self-narrating 
  ⬩ Affordable equipment options 
  ⬩ Narration tips 
  ⬩ How to edit and master with free software 
  ⬩ Audiobook distribution options 
  ⬩ All the dumb things I did so you can learn from my mistakes 
  ⬩ And much, much more! 
  If you like down-to-earth, budget-friendly advice with a touch of humour then you'll love Narrated by the Author. 
  Download your copy and start your audio journey today.

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  Black Directors in Hollywood

  Melvin Donalson

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  An in-depth look at the pioneering work and lasting influence of black Hollywood directors from Gordon Parks to Spike Lee and beyond. Hollywood film directors are some of the world’s most powerful storytellers, shaping the fantasies and aspirations of people around the globe. Since the 1960s, African Americans have increasingly joined their ranks, bringing fresh insights to the characters we watch, and profoundly changing the way stories are told. Today, black directors are making films in all popular genres, while inventing new ones to speak directly from and to the black experience.  This book offers a comprehensive look at the work of black directors in Hollywood, from pioneers such as Gordon Parks, Melvin Van Peebles, and Ossie Davis to current talents including Spike Lee, John Singleton, Kasi Lemmons, and Carl Franklin. Discussing sixty-seven individuals and over 135 films, Melvin Donalson thoroughly explores how black directors’ storytelling skills and film techniques have widened both the thematic focus and visual style of American cinema.  Assessing the meanings and messages in their films, Donalson convincingly demonstrates that black directors are balancing Hollywood's demand for box office success with artistic achievement and responsibility to ethnic, cultural, and gender issues.

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